2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 27 - Property and Conveyances
Chapter 5 - Estates And Construction Of Documents Creating Estates
Section 27-5-20. Rule in Shelley's Case.
The rule of law known as the rule in Shelley's Case is hereby abolished in the following particulars, to wit: When, by deed or will or by any instrument in writing, a remainder in lands, tenements, hereditaments or other real estate shall be limited to the heirs, or heirs of the body, of a person to whom a life estate in the same premises is given, the persons who, on the termination of the life estate, are the heirs or heirs of the body of such tenant for life shall take as purchasers in fee simple, by virtue of the remainder so limited to them. The provisions of this section shall not affect wills, deeds and other instruments in writing executed prior to October 1, 1924 or the construction of such wills, deeds and other instruments in writing.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 57-2; 1952 Code Section 57-2; 1942 Code Section 8802; 1932 Code Section 8802; 1924 (33) 1140.
